Big News: Maks and Meryl Are Returning to Dancing With the Stars for a Special Performance

How long have I been wanting to write that headline?! Almost a year after Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Meryl Davis took home the season-18 Mirrorball trophy, the sizzling superstars are returning to the dance floor for Dancing With the Stars: 10th Anniversary Special, which will air next Tuesday, April 28, on ABC. As a result, next week's double elimination has now been pushed to Tuesday, May 5, per Tom Bergeron.

Update: Click here to read what happened at the 10th Anniversary taping last night!

Paparazzi photos have been running rampant online in the past week featuring quite a few past DWTS contestants either hanging out, rehearsing, or watching the show from the ballroom, and now you know why. The special will also take a look back at fan favorite moments from the past 20 seasons, and the show will kick off with the largest opening number ever, featuring 46 stars including the judges, hosts, past pros, and celeb alums.

Derek Hough and Mark Ballas were supposed to hit the dance floor together (!) for a "bromance" dance, but Derek injured his toe last night during rehearsals for the 10th Anniversary Special and will now be unable to dance. I'm also hearing from my show insider that he may not be able to dance with Nastia next week as well. On the other hand, this is Derek Hough we're talking about, and if anyone is going to surprise us and power through, it's Derek. I mean, the guy found a way to still make it on to the 20th season of DWTS, so I don't doubt he's going to try and do everything to perform this time around. We'll see.

In better news, there will be a specially choreographed NFL football player ensemble performance as well. Who's returning for that? Donald Driver, Hines Ward, Kurt Warner, Jacoby Jones, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin, and Jerry Rice. They will perform what's being called a "saucy" Latin paso doble with Karina Smirnoff, Emma Slater, and Anna Trebunskaya.

ABC has announced that nine Mirrorball winners will take the stage, including a dance duel between season-18 winners Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy and reigning champions Alfonso Ribeiro and Witney Carson.

I'll be in the audience for the 10th-anniversary special and tonight ABC and BBC America are hosting the DWTS 10th Anniversary Party at Greystone Manor in Los Angeles—and I will be there with our video crew! Stay tuned for that video on Glamour.com tomorrow.

UPDATE: Here's the video from the 10th anniversary red carpet event!

Whose dance (aside from Maks and Meryl's) are you most looking forward to? I personally can't wait to see what Mark and Derek have up their sleeves!